{"product_id":"stone","title":"Jewel Box | Anne Powell Stone","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-05bbb460-7fff-a029-0bc7-3321eaa1124c\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eJewel Box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e is an exquisite trove of the intimacy and intricacies of daily life. I found myself wanting to sift through this collection slowly, to return again and again to bask in its quiet moments and marvel over Annie Powell Stone’s unique ability to capture the pain and pleasure in life’s pauses. Against the clamor and chaos of our current time, these poems are a deep breath, a warm hug, “heart-achingly beautiful \/ gifts” that compel you to look more closely at your own life to discover the vast landscape of small treasures hidden beneath the surface. “What beauty can be found?” Stone asks repeatedly in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eJewel Box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e. This collection is the answer to its own question and I am so grateful to Stone for sharing her bounty with us. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eClaire Taylor, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eApril and Back Again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eAnnie Powell Stone’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eJewel Box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e captures in words the magic of the mundane that surprises the soul during those quietest of moments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eTodd Gray, PhD University of Southern Mississippi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eJewel Box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, Annie Powell Stone seeks a new (old) perspective: the childlike wonder that sees each “tiny true moment” as a gem to hold and treasure. As the poems unfold over the course of a day, she examines the small moments in motherhood to make sense of the world and find her fullest self. The refrain “What beauty can be found?” directs her attention—and readers’—to the glimmers in everyday life: her son’s light-up shoe, wildflower bouquets, a sunset. Stone’s poems shine as brightly as the beauty she writes about. These gentle, hopeful poems provide the “sweet warmth of connection” that we all too often overlook. By collecting “the beautiful minutiae of this absurd life” in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eJewel Box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, Stone nudges readers to look for the tiny miracles in our own day to day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eCarolina VonKampen, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-body\" style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,var(--o42jjq,1)); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --8sd0kg: none; font-family: 'YAFdJhem5V8_1', '_fb_', 'auto'; --cyv3zq: 15.3448px; --gjplxq: 1.4; text-transform: none; --s8nbea: p; line-height: 21px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,var(--o42jjq,1)); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --ys-xuq: none; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: normal;\"\u003e            freelance book editor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\" style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,var(--o42jjq,1)); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --ys-xuq: none; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,var(--o42jjq,1)); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --ys-xuq: none; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: normal;\"\u003eand Capsule Stories publisher and editor-in-chief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie Powell Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e (she\/her) is a fan of peanut butter toast. She uses poetry as ballast while navigating life. Her poetry has been nominated for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe Pushcart Prize \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eBest of the Net\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e. Her first chapbook, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eHampden Wildlife: Reflections on the Nature of a Baltimore City Neighborhood,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e was published by Bottlecap Press, Summer 2023. She lives on the ancestral land of the Piscataway and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; color: rgb(31,31,31); background-color: rgb(255,255,255); font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eSusquehannock \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003epeople with her husband and two kiddos in Baltimore City, MD. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"dancing girl press \u0026 studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45291193139247,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/1219\/files\/BLURBS_3_1.png?v=1778347997","url":"https:\/\/dulcetshop.myshopify.com\/products\/stone","provider":"dancing girl press \u0026 studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}